《Heroes & Villains [Dropped]》 [Arc 1] C.0 : Prologue (REWRITE) POV : Yamamoto Ren (Arcane Master) A heated shuriken slices through the air inches away from my face, filling my nostrils with the smell of burning metal. I, however, don''t have time to process this as many more are being thrown your way. With great agility, I leap onto a nearby wall. The law of physics doesn''t seem to work on me as I stand there calmly with no sign of falling down whatsoever. I move into squating position and with a push, shoot off towards Void Cat. Taken by surprised, Void Cat couldn''t dodge my attack in time and was knocked out cold. As she falls down, the pouch in her hand, which is full of five carat diamonds slips out, flying through the window. Frowning, I jump outside with them. Free falling for Five-hundred meters until I finally have the pouch in my hand. After strapping the thing to my utility belt, I sigh. Palms facing outward, I concentrate on activating the energy inside me, will it, asking it to move accordingly with the path I have sketched out for it. It respond and I instantly feel the familiar pressure building up in my forearms. With one last push, a burst of colorless energy erupts from my hands. I casually turn my palm downward, as if on cue, the energy manifests itself, turning into a complex, red magic circle. The energy penetrates its way into the [Law], breaks it down and tampering with the code, changing countless of numbers. Thirty meters from the ground, gravity suddenly seems to slowly lose effect on me. Like a crane, I gracefully land on my feet, completely unharm. When I''m too concentrated on something, I tend to forget about the rest of the world. I only realise the crowd of people behind me a few second later, despite their noisiness. Although they''re only looking, asking for my attention, I know they''re also filming this with that nanobot inside their heads. It has been twenty years since the first nanobot''s appearance, they''re little chip planted at the back of your neck. They used to be expensive but are quite common these days. These little things have many uses, they act like a cellphone, a camera and a computer at the same time. Even I have to admit these things are convenient, but the idea of having something like that in the back of my neck just seems wrong to me. Yeah, they can''t be easily hacked but ''can''t be easily hacked'' and ''can''t be hacked'' are two different things. If I have a nanobot inside me, I will have to be tensed all the time. Believe me, heroic works and a stressed ability-user is not a good combination. To use their abilities, an ability-user needs concentration. A stressed hero often loses focus and screws up, letting their abilities running havoc. There are countless cases where a hero accidentally kills a civilian due to low amount of control. The CEO of Nano-Tech company took the advantage of this and made a software to warn heroes when their emotional level are too high. This is the reason why most ability-user has nanobot, heroes that associate with the government are even forced to implant a nanobot. "Arcane Master ! Give me your signature, please !!!" Screamed the approaching girl, dragging me back to reality. "Excuse me." I say, ignoring the girl request, there''s no reason to inconvenience myself. Don''t be mistaken, I love my fan but I''ll never sign anything to anyone while I''m in my Arcanist identity. Not just me, most heroes don''t give away their stuff, not after ''the Owl'' incident. It was three years ago, a hero called the Owl gave her signature away and was found dead the next morning, countless of knife wounds covering her body. The final inspection result said she was apparently raped, the killer stabbed her fourties times after he was done. Two years later, they found and captured the killer, who was hidding in a abandoned house at the edge of town and learned about his ability to track down people with their signature. According to the killer confession, he has been ''in love'' with the Owl for a long time, wanted to find her identity, the killer went to where she was fighting with a villain and purposelystood under a falling debris. As a hero, the Owl couldn''t let him die and rescued him at the last moment. Push came to shove, she gave him her signature - It was her biggest mistake - And ultimately paid the price with her life. As for his reason for killing her, it was due to her refusing to have sex with him or some shit like that. After apologizing, I jump up, reaching where Void Cat was previously just in time for my spell to wear off. There''s noone there, however. Just a single note, which smells of perfume, left behind by Void Cat. I would love to stay and play with you, but I''m afraid I can''t. Later, darlin''. ~ Your adorable cat ~ Reading this note, I couldn''t help but sign. She''s always like this, breaking into houses, stores and stealing from people even though she should be filthy rich just from the stuff she stole previously. The two of us met two years ago when I was fifteen, I just had my first awakening and was thrilled to join the heroes society. I wanted my debut mission to be big so I waited, hoping for something cooler than a bunch of robbers robbing a bank. That day, an alien came to Earth with his army, wanting to rule the world and the other heroes were all busy. Only greenhorn like me had spare time. While I was leisurely patrolling the street, killing alien, I met Void Cat, who was trying to break into a jewelry store. Can you believe it ? It was an alien invasion and instead of siding with the heroes like most villains did, she chose to steal stuff. So anyway, I tried to stop her, but I was a new and inexperienced hero at the time, a villain at Void Cat caliber was too much for me. Needless to say, she kicked my ass. Young and competitive, I was pissed being beaten up like that and always came back, only to end up failing miserably everytime. Slowly, as I grew stronger, our relationship also elvoved with time. And now here we are ! I honestly think we are more like rival than enemy. .......... "Nii-san ! Onii-san !!! Wake up !" The lovely voice of my little sister, Akira calls out to me. Although I call her sister and she calls me onii-san, we''re not really siblings. I was adopted eight years ago by her parents, the Yamamotos. They cared for me, fed me with good food, gave me warm clothes and hot shower so I opened up to them pretty quickly. The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. It was quite unfortunate as her parents died three years ago in a car accident. We''ve been living together ever since - No, we don''t need to struggle for food or anything as her parents were rich, they left behind everything for her. After their deaths, she was devastated. Her cheerful demanor turned a bit more gloomy and silent, less talkative. It was only recently that she recovered her old personality. I guess she finally accepts the fact that her parents are dead and will never come back. At first when I said I want to be a hero, she cried for days, fearing I might leave her just like her parents did. She only gave in after weeks of coaxing, in the end I had to promise her to leave when a case is too dangerous for me to handle. As she''s the only one who knows about my secret identity, I ask for her help in waking me up in the morning. After all, superheroes are still human, we need food and water just like others do, not to mention I''m a highschooler, that''s why I mostly do my missions at night. "Stop shaking Akira-chan... I''m up." I spit out the words through clenched teeth as I bravely fight against sleepiness. Using all of my will-power, I tense my muscles and shoot up like a bullet. It takes a whole three minutes for my teary pair of eyes to adjust with the light, then like a zombie, I crawl my way into the bathroom. Finally success in calling me up, Akira shakes her head, sighing and walks downstairs to make breakfast. As for me, I slam open the door to the bathroom, clean myself, get dressed and follow her. Five steps down, the amazing fragrance of waffle and milkshake have already entered my nostrils. Last night after stopping Void Cat, I came home with an empty stomach and now such delicious smell wandersits way to me, I immediately race down the kitchen. Humming a song in the kitchen is my little sister, Yamamoto Akira, a black hair black eyes beauty. She''s beautiful, smart and is great at housework, the perfect model for most housewife. Ontop of all that, she''s also an ability-user, her ability is [Predict], an A rank ability, suitable for support and strategist type heroes. Akira has this habbit of singing or humming whenever she''s happy and she''s mostly happy. Of course, the process of her trying to recover from her parents death isn''t like this. She was silent all the time back then and only say something when it''s absolutely needed. To be honest, it was quite creepy. Think about, black long hair and eyes, gloomy demanor, she was exactly like a ghost in a certain movie. I lean in on her shoulder to get a whiff of the food, which smells faintly of caramel. Another touch of Akira''s unique touches. When she heard about her parents death, it took a real toll on her and she buried herself in works, school and occasionally, combat training from me. One of the few things she enjoys doing till'' this day is cooking. I was the one who taught her how to cook and I''ll let you know that I''m a fairly good cook, it''s due to my laziness that almost noone except Akira knows about my cooking ability. Anyway, where was I ? Ah yes, I was the one who taught Akira how to cook, she learned everything very quick, but what amazed me is that she surpassed me in less than two months. It''s like she''s born to cook. Hell, even her knife handling is better than me right now. "I''m afraid I will have to disappoint you, nii-san. The waffle isn''t ready to eat yet, so be obedient, go out and wait for a bit will you ?" Akira says, pushing me out if the kitchen. "But I want to see my beautiful Akira-chan cooking." I counter, writhing my body. "Stop saying embarrasing things like that ! Stupid nii-san !" She yells with a beat red face and kicks me out, closing the door behind her. Noooo ! My view... A few minutes passed and Akira goes out with two dishes. We start eating while telling each other about the previous day. It''s really peaceful until Akira suddenly stops. I continue to eat in awkward silence, but then my curiosity overtakes me and I take a glance at Akira. She keeps open then close her mouth, seemingly wanting to tell me something, but doesn''t know how. In the end, I couldn''t take it anymore and ask. "What''s it ?" My question is answered with silence once more. I look up to see Akira hanging her head low. Just what is it ? Is she being bullied by someone ? Standing up, I walk towards Akira, kneel down on one knee and ask. "What is it ? Did someone bully you ? Just tell me, your brother will go beat that person up !" "No ! I just... I want to... I need your help, onii-san." Said Akira. Puzzled, I tilt my head to the side, asking with narrowed eyes, killing intent is spiling out from my body. If there''s one thing I can never forgive, then that''s hurting my loved one, and right now the only one who is in that categorize is Akira. I don''t care who you are, but harming her means death. "What is it Akira-chan ? Just tell me who was it that bullied you, I''ll personally ''pay'' him a visit." "No ! You can''t kill him !!!" Knowing my overprotective personality, Akira hurriedly say. Then she tells me everything. It all started two months ago, when this John guy was transfered to her school. He is your typical ''Prince Charming'', blonde hair, blue eyes, in the football team and is overly confident about his ''charm''. Apparently he confessed to Akira, she refused and chose to ignore him, but this doesn''t make him change his mind at all. In fact he tries even harder now. Exhausted, Akira spurted out some bullshit about her adopted brother, aka me being her boyfriend. John doesn''t believe her and asked to see me. Basically we''ll go on a date this saturday, which is tomorrow with three of her friends and John guy. "But you can''t beat him ! Although a little annoying, he seems like a nice guy and I also don''t want you to get in troublefor me..." Akira mutters with a weak voice. "I would gladly get into trouble if it''s for my Akira-chan, beside, who can hurt me ? I''m Arcane Master, the hero !" I say smilingly and kiss her forehead, then continue. "Don''t worry, I''ll go with you tomorrow." Finished, I go inside the bathroom. Grabbing my hair wax, I start combing my hair backwards. Standing in the mirror is the image of a young half-Korean half-American man with shiny white hair - Not really common, but ability-user usually has a special feature - And pacific blue eyes. This man is of course, me. Styling for a bit, I nod my head in approval. "Now let''s go to school, shall we ?" [Arc 1] C.1 : Anti-Powered (REWRITE) POV : Yamamoto Ren (Arcane Master) Ah highschool, the place where the stress of growing up and the stress of fitting in join forces to destroy even the strongest of us, the place that''s mostly use to find friends and to teach us how to fend off a team of out of touch assholes, known as the principal, counselor, teachers and ex-Marine drill sergeant (gym teacher). For most people, high school is a nightmare in real life, this isn''t applied to me, however, as I''m one of the more popular people. My grade is high, despite not studying much and most of the teachers love me even though I''m always late for school. Basically what I''m trying to say is that high school life is great, but a little boring. I admit, it''s boring spending half a day reading some crappy books that you might never use, and yes, I did say I want school to be more enjoyable. But this isn''t what I meant when I said ''enjoyable'' ! I mentally scream, looking towards the two fully armed man standing on the pulpit. What even more annoying is that I can''t use my ability to beat these son of bitches up at all because they set up a power disruptor around our school. Not to mention those guns in their hands, which also made off of the same technology as the ability disruptor, one shot of that nasty thing and ability-user could happily spend their next five months on a wheel chair without any ability whatsoever. To understand what exactly happened, we need go about twenty minutes back in time. It was a normal day like any others, I was leisurely eating my lunch box, which was prepared by Akira on the rooftop alone, when suddenly the ability disruptor barrier was raised. I, of course found this weird, but didn''t check because only the government has access to this kind of tech - Oh ! How wrong I was. Those who raised the barrier were actually the extremist terrorist group called the Anti-Powered. For one reason or another, whether it is revenge or just pure excitement from killing ability-users, I don''t know, but these guys have existed since the day the first ability-user, Black Thunder, was born, which was over eighty years ago. It is not like the government and us heroes haven''t tried to capture or wipe them out, but these guys life-force are even more vigorous than we thought, wiped one group and another will pop out of nowhere, they are like cockroach, only more deadly and annoying. Just this year alone, these son of bitches have killed over thousands of people all over the world, committing countless crimes of all kind, from theft to mass murder. As for the reason they target our school, I guess it''s because seventy-five percent our school is made out of ability-users. Only sons and daughters from the most prestigious families or the most excellent students in the country can go to this school and most of these people are ability-user, of course you can bypass those two conditions if you are willing to pay the price, but that price is often shockingly high, so high that most can''t afford it. The only reason why I''m even in this school is because of my perfect grades, not that I like this school or anything, sitting around half a day with a bunch of arrogant brats is not my style, it was only due to Akira''s pleading that I accepted the scholarship they gave out. Though I now that I actually attend it, it isn''t so bad. The teachers used to hate my guts for coming to school late, but my academic grades are so high that they don''t even mind it, thus I''m given the right to be late, not that they actually said it out loud though. Only after gun shots echoed through the entire school that I finally realized my mistake. Unfortunately, it was already too late, I was captured by one of the terrorist and thrown inside my class along with my classmates. As for why we are still alive, I can only think of one reason and that''s their captured leader, Lucius Thorn. They probably want to use us as their trading card for him, but that doesn''t add up, why would they trade an entire school of ability-users for one man ? With our value, they should be able to trade forsomething valuable. "Just what''s these son of bitches planning ?" I mutter under my breath, not noticing one of the armed terrorist is standing right next to me. "The fuck did you say !!?" The bastard glares at me and roars out. Geez, there''s no need to be so angry, I bet this isn''t the first time you are insulted anyway. "Nothing." I calmly reply, not hidding the dissatisfaction on my face in the slightest. Pissed, the terrorist lifts his gun and bashes its butt plate down my head. Grinning slightly, I push the gun out of the way using the back of my hand, punch him in the nut and follow through with a uppercut, knocking him out cold. As his body falls backwards, I gracefully sweep his feet in the front, balancing his body. My hand quickly grabs the gun and I turn the unconscious terrorist, using him as my shield. This all happened in less than a minute so the other terrorist didn''t react fast enough, he only realises it when I already have broken-nut over here as my meat shield. I''ve spent years perfecting my martial arts, not to mention my biggest nemesis, the Void Cat has the ability to nullify all abilities within twenty meters around her, without my martial arts, there''s no way I can even hope to fight her and that woman is good, enhanced strength and agility from cat DNA, fast thinking capability, night vision and most of all, ten years of learning martial arts according to her. "Motherfucker ! I''mma kill you!" Breaking off my thoughts, the other terrorist yells, readying his gun. With a gentle smile, I say. "Goodbye." And pull the trigger on the gun I took from the unconscious terrorist. As it''s an automatic gun, I don''t let go of the trigger even after first shot, simply because the other terrorist hasn''t died yet. The shot only penetrated the previously unconscious, now dead meat shield of mine. After twenties continous shot in the same place, the bullets finally pierces through my meat shield and the last ten bullets fly their ways inside the other terrorist, the force is so strong that it knocks the terrorist against the wall behind him. Needless to say, that guy also follows his friend footstep, dying a miserable death. Why did I kill him, you ask ? Because the law permits it of course. You see, for normal villains, the law still protects them in some ways, but the Anti-Powered terrorist group is an exception to that, they''re to be killed on sight, though the government prefers capturing them and ''nicely ask'' for informations from those who were captured. The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. After witnessing the terrorists gruesome deaths, my classmates and teacher look at me terrified. I don''t balme them for this though, after all they just saw me shoot two guys to death with an ability-disruptor gun, the blood and gore sticking on my face don''t help either as even I must admit I look like a psychopath serial killer at the moment. "So are you guys coming or not ?" I ask, glancing around the room while taking the clothes from the dead terrorist who was leaning against the wall. They''re wearing nanotech suit so relatively small mark like gun shots can be patched. The automatic repair function doesn''t work on too big of a tear however. That''s also why I didn''t take the meat shield suit and chose the second terrorist instead. After I''m done robbed him of his suit, I casually throw the corpse aside and start taking my uniform off. But before that. "Do you mind ?" I say to my class, the males only mutter in annoyance for a bit while the females have varied actions. Some scream in a annoyingly high-pitched voice, some click their tongues, some just turn their faces away in embarrassement and others even watch with great interest. Not that I mind it, it''s not like I''m some pure high school girl anyway. ... Though I''ll mind it if you watch me while breathing like a female dog in heat, ya'' know ? Yeah ! I''m looking at you, fat girl. Noticing my emotionless gaze, fat girl swallows a mouthful of saliva and downcastly turns away. With that, I start taking off my clothes piece by piece, starting with my shirt. Soon, my perfectly tonedbody with six packs and firm, but not overly big muscles are revealed. For some reason, erotic loud gasps could be heard in the background, which make me extremely uncomfortable. Then I move on to my pant, which make the gaspa grow even bigger, and I''m pretty sure that''s a male voice... Just what the fuck is wrong with you guys and miss Yasmine ! Why are you looking at me like that too ? Jesus Christ ! My class are creepy. Thus begins the most horribly experience of my life, which consisted of erotic gasps from many people, mostly females but there are some males too... I swear I''ll never ! You know what ? Nevermind. It''s nit like they will stop even if I told them to anyway, why bother ? It''s also quite fortunately for me as the terrorist group has put up a blocking device for nanobot so noone can use them or I''ll probably have pictures of myself changing clothes filling the internet by tomorrow. .......... And last but not least, the helmet. I pick up the big helmet laying freely on the ground and put it on, finishing my disguise. Just as I reach for the door, someone from the other side open it. As fast as lightning, I move my gun, aiming at the person. It''s one of the terrorist too, but his clothes tell me he''s more of a scout rather than a fighter or gunman. "What are you doing man ? We''re on the same side. I..." I immediately cut him short. "Do not put me with your disgusting group, now go inside and tell me what exactly it is that you guys are planning." Realising who I am, the terrorist face noticably pales several shades. It doesn''t take too long to extract informations from this bastard as he''s a coward. Apparently, the terrorist group has this new technology some anonymous guy gave them, this is used to hack into people nanobot, sounds awesome but they can only be used within fifty meters and the process is extremely long, can easily take one to two hours. The nanobot if use correctly, can temper with people''s mind, they had proved this in one of their experiment. So here are their big plan, they want to use the brainwashed students to wreak havoc everywhere, dishonoring ability-users while the more important students in prestigious families will take one hacking machine each - They have ten of these machines - And go brainwash their parents. My first theory of them wanting to use us as trading card for their leader is only half right, that''s more of a smoke bomb throw out for the government, brainwashing people is their real plan. Walking outside with gun in hands, I close the door to my class and tell them to stay put, miss Yasmine immediately refute. "NO ! We''re going together ! You can''t possibly fight a whole team of terrorist by yourself !!!" "Then can any of you fight ?" I ask, eyebrow slightly lifted. "I''m asking if any of you can fight and I mean real fight, martial arts and shooting gun, not the occasionally brawling between students." Looking ashamed of themselves, everyone lowers their heads. I continue. "None of you can even withstand a bit of gore without gasping and you''re too relied on your abilities, completely neglects your hand-to-hand and weapons combat. Having you guys around will only slow me down, if not straight out kill me." Then I directs my gaze at miss Yasmine. "I''m going alone, those son of bitches won''t be able to kill me anyway, they''re just like you guys, relied too much on their weaponry without actual training." As I walk out of the classroom, a thought hit me and I turn to my homeroom teacher, miss Yasmine. "Oh yeah ! I want to ask you something." She nods her head saying. "I''m listening." With a mischievous smile, I ask. "If I save the world will you give me a kiss ? I''ve never kissed a teacher before." Miss Yasmine freezes, blanking out at my question. Finally she regains her composure and say bashfully while covering her crotch with her hands. "If you really save the world, I''ll give you more than a kiss." Holy.shit.that.really.worked. Looking up and down at the not just young but also beautiful teacher, I swallow my saliva while my class is shocked by miss Yasmine answer. Actually Yasmine is not old, she has only finished her college not long ago and is only twenty-four this year. Her body is what you would call the body of a model, if Void Cat leans more on the slimmer side, Yasmine is definitely the bountiful type with her large pair of breasts and big round ass. To be honest dying in that pair of breasts does not sound so bad. Not to mention her strict and serious personality combine with that embarrassed face is like a goddess, her shimmering long blonde hair flows with the wind, bringing out her beautiful light blue eyes. "Seriously ? Do you really mean it ?" I ask again in confirmation and receives a nod. Walking out of the classroom with stoic face, I keep mutter the sentence. "Don''t you dare let me die here or I will kill you, you hear me, gods ? Don''t you dare !!!" And thus, our hero begins his slaughter... [Arc 1] C.2 : The Arcane And The Cat (REWRITE) POV : Yamamoto Ren (Arcane Master) Holding my bleeding arm, I grit my teeth and yank out the knife, which was deep inside my bone previously. The wound burns as veins appear one by one due to the poison. Even so, I move on, forcing my tired body, crawling like a worm towards the machine. Normal people would have died already with such severe wound, but ignoring the pain, I continue, knowing I''ll die anyway as long as that thing is still activated. This body can only hold on against the poison for so long without my ability. Just a bit more and not just me, but everyone in school will gain back their abilities. With that thought in mind, I advance fowards, reaching for the damnable machine while cursing out loud. "Damn you ! I can''t die here ! No, I WILL NOT die here ! I''ve made a promise and I always keep my promises... That''s why." As I cough out blood, my hand reaches inside my pocket and take out a silvery key, using the very last bit of strength I have, I shove the key inside the keyhole and start typing. Half-way through, the poison acts up again, however, unlike before, it is a thousand times worse now. I feel like my body is being burned inside out as I choke on the blood threatens to spill out of my mouth. Unable to muster any force in my legs, I fall down, sprawling on the cold hard ground. "Am I really going to die here ?" I ask, unwilling to give up. The distance between me and the machine is less than a meter, so close and yet so far at the same time. Feeling my eyelids growing heavier by the second, I sigh tiredly, saying. "I''m sorry Akira-chan... But I don''t think I can eat breakfast with you again." Ironic how I''ve always thought my death would be a violent one, yet now it''s actually happening, I feel strangely peaceful, as if the one lying like a dying dog on the ground isn''t me but someone else. Like that, I gently close my eyes, letting a small satisfied smile creeps its way on my face. Did you know watching your life flashes before death feels extremely weird ? It''s like watching a movie about yourself, only this movie is very... very long. I don''t even know how in the heaven can my whole freakin'' life fit in those few scanty moments. Like that, memories after memories come and pass until it reaches the part where I had just heroically walk out of my classroom, leaving behind a crowd of dumbfounded classmates and a blushing teacher. .......... Flash Back : Five Hours Ago I slowly walk down the hall, concentrate on listening to any kind of noises. As I closing in to the corridor, sounds of two people talking can be heard, they don''t even try to be discreet, probably thinking no one can escape to tell the tale anyway. "Damn, I just want to kill all of these animals and get out... The idea of breathing the same air as ''them'' disgustesd me." The fat terrorist, whom I will temporary call Terrorist#1 for now, say. "You know we can''t do that... The Boss has made a plan and as long as there is no mistake, we will be one step closer to our goal when it is done." Replied Terrorist#2. He is a lanky guy, half a head taller than T#1. "And what''s this plan you''re talking about ? Noone even knows what Boss and the generals are trying to do... I mean, how can you be so sure it will work ?" T#1 ask. "Shsssss..." Putting a finger on his mouth, T#2 glares at T#1 and continues. "You need to learn to keep your mouth shut. If it was anyone else other than me, you''d be better off dead, understood ?" T#1 nods with a frown on his face, the ask. "Soooo, do you know what the plan is ?" T#2 answers. "I have an idea, apparently the Cyber department has made a breakthrough and created something that can hack others nanobots, when it is done, we can then use the nanobots to control their wills... There''s only two conditions, the person you want to hack must be twenty meters around you and it takes a long time for the hacking process to finish." Shocked, T#1 immediately figures out the plan and say. "So that''s why they called all those animals up on the roof ! It is to brainwash them, isn''t it ?" I frown, knowingexactly what these son of bitches will do, now that they have so much power in their hands. Grimace, I mutter gloomily "I need to stop them before it is too late." Turning the safety off, I take the wall as cover and peek my head out, raining hell on those two, killing them instantly. Poor bastards didn''t even have a chance to retaliate, turning into something akin to a beehive. Honestly speaking, I hate guns but there''s no other way. I need to get to my schoolmates fast and these things are the thing I need. They''re deadly, their sounds are muffled, not to mention the walls in my school are all anti-noise so noone will hear anything even if I shoot them. Now that I think about it, this whole thing smells of conspiracy. I admit that the Anti-Powered is powerful, but I''m one-hundred percent sure they aren''t nearly powerful enough to get their hands on equipments like these. Someone, a very influential someone in the government must be helping them... The question is who ? Who would do such a inhuman thing ? Shaking my head, I push those that to the back of my mind and continue on my way. Although it is true that using the elevator will be much faster, I unfortunately can''t use it due to the camera set up inside. With my current disguise, I doubt they will be suspicious of me but I am not taking chances, not when the fate of the world is at risk. After dragging the corpses to a corner and take their stuff, I walk down the corridor. There''s a stairs leading up to the rooftop, I know becausr I always spend my lunch time time on the roof. The moment I reach it, a woman drops down from the ceiling, kicking me in the chest. I''m pushed back a few steps, taking advantage of this, the black haired woman swipe her hand, which has a glove with adamantium claws attached to it. Her claws slash across my chest, shredding my nanosuit with ease, but that doesn''t hurt me as I''m already out of her range. Looking closer, this woman has a beautiful womanly figure. Dark black hair and violet eyes. That''s when it hit me, the reason why this girl is so familiar to me is because I know her. Hell ! We fight all the time as hero and villain. This is Void Cat. Before Void Cat can attack me again, I hurriedly call out her secret identity. "Void Cat ! Stop !" She instantly stops, a surprised look on her face. But then her killing intent is suddenly doubled as she tries even harder to kill me. Annoyed, I throw the gun to the side, countering her attacks with my own. After more than ten exchange, she stops, her eyes widen, looking at me. "Arcane ?" She say, using the name she always calls me. I nod my head once and grumble to her. "If you''re done trying to KILL me then we should go, this isn''t a safe place to talk." Void Cat nods her, but the suspiciois on her face remains unchange. We go inside the man restroom, but due to her suspicious nature, she forces me to go in first, also taking my guns in the process. "Soooo... Are you really Arcane ?" Asked the Cat as she scratches my chin with her deadly claws. I simply nod. This makes her lifts an eyebrow and continues saying while styling in front of the mirror. "If you are really him, then why don''t you tell me about our time together ?" Void Cat''s childish and playful nature combine with her actions often lead people to believe she''s a carefree person, but she''s far from that and this is an example of the true Void Cat. Instead of saying anything, I draw out a note from my pocket, HER note to be exact, and throw it to her. Void Cat catches the thing, after reading it she smiles at me. "Sorry darlin'', but I needed to be sure you''re not one of them." She say, circling her claws around my chest, it would be a lie to say I''m not aroused by this, but we have more importabt things to do so I grab her hand. Surprised, Void Cat chuckles mischievously. "Ohh ! I never thought you would be this aggressive, darlin''." Then she traces her hand down my crotch. I immediately catch that hand, saying stoically, truth is I''m very much aroused by her actions, but we really don''t have time for this. "Stopplaying around, Void Cat. I''ll get straight to the point. I need to stop these bastards, but I can''t do it alone, not when I''m without my ability..." "So you want my help ?" She ask, still pouting due to my cold and stoic reaction. "Why didn''t you ask your classmates ? The fact that you''re here suggests you''ve already killed the terrorists in your class, they should be able to help." I instantly shake my head. "What I need isn''t a bunch of inexperienced teenagers, who rely too damn much on their abilities..." I stop, throwing her a gun, then continue. "... But something deadly. And a Cat with adamantium claws, acrobatic skills combine with years of learning different kind of martial arts is quite deadly, at least to me." Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. "Fine..." Void Cat pouts. "But you know the rule, darlin''. Nothing is free." "What do you want ?" I ask "I want you... To take me out on a date." She answers casually, shurgging her shoulders. She''s not gonna let this go until I say ''yes'', isn''t she ? Well, I guess going out with a beauty doesn''t sound that bad. "Deal." After the two us shake hands, she pulls me to the woman restroom. "Uhm... What are we doing here exactly, if I may ask ?" I ask, looking around nervously. What ? Why don''t you try going into a woman restroom once ? It''s unnerving, ya'' know ? I feel like I''m gonna get caught and branded as a pervert by someone, and that''s not good for my reputation. When I turn around to ask her, however, I see a fully naked Void Cat before me, her body in all of its glory is only a few meters away. "Fuck me..." I grumble, turning towards the door, but a pair of smooth, white hands hold me back. "Just where are you going with such a thing in your pant ?" Saying this, Void Cat traces her hands down, rubbing my rock-hard cock. "What are you doing ? We don''t have time for this." I say, but unfortunately, it doesn''t sound that convincing when I''m breathing heavily like a beast in heat. "That doesn''t sound convincing at all, darlin''." Yeah, I know, I had just pointed out this fact just seconds ago in my head. "Oh come on ! Live a little, Arcane ! It''s just one or two hours atmost, it''s not like the terrorists is going anywhere soon." Void Cat says, rubbing her body against mine. Oh, what the hell... I turn back, taking off the helmet and throw it to the side. After the staring contest between us, I immediately grab Void Cat ass and force my tongue into her mouth. Surprised by the sudden aggressiveness, Void Cat gasps and stiffly follows my actions. Pushing her into a both, I caressing her ass, molding them to my liking as my fingers slowly move towards her pussy. Feeling wetness on my fingers, I lift an eyebrow at Void Cat, this girl is unexpectedly slutty, I haven''t even done much and she''s already dripping wet like this. Unwilling for me to take the lead, Void Cat pushes me back against the both, gets on her knee and her soft, moist lips touch the tip of my cock. Then she keeps on kissing my cock like it is some kind of treasure, after two minutes, she slowly extends her tongue, which is dripping with saliva, the scene is erotic to the extreme, as if responding to my thoughts, my cock also swells up alot more than before. Void Cat uses her tongue to wrap around the tip my cock, slowly moves down to the shaft, with the already existed momentum, she gradually grows faster. Her tongue is heavenly, much softer than her lips and her warm breath make me feel like my cock is going to melt in her mouth. Noticing my expression, Void Cat uses much more force than before, strongly rubbing her moist tongue against my cock. As she does this, her breath grows much heavier, her hand also slowly moves its way down to her dripping wet pussy, what she didn''t expect was for me to stop her midway through. "You ask for this..." With that short sentence, I pull her up for a quick kiss, restraining her hands with mine. When she isn''t paying attention, I take out a handcuff, which I took from the dead corpse before and cuffed her with the iron pipe. "What ar-?" Surprised, Void Cat ask, but her voice is cutshort by me as I shove my fingers, dripping with her juices in her mouth. My kisses slowly move its way down her neck and soon reach her breasts. I sucks on her nipple and at the same time, my right hand penetrates her vagina while my left keeps exploring inside her ass. Just as Void Cat is about to climax, I pull back, a sadistic expression creeps its way onto my face. With a confident smile, I closing in on her and whisper. "Do you want it ?" Void Cat refuses to back down, turning her face away, but I catch a glimpse of the look in her eyes and could tell ''want'' is too much of a understatement, she need it is more accurate. Her body is growing hotter by the second and I''m pretty sure anyone would feel uncomfortable after almost climaxing but was stopped. Finally, Void Cat gives in and nods her head when I ask again for the third time. With a teasing smile, I say mischievously, to be perfectly honest, this is pretty much revenge for what she did to me years ago. What ? I''ve always been a very vengeful person. "And what is it exactly that you want ?" Chewing on her lip, Void Cat turns away from me. Still stubborn, aren''t you ? Don''t worry, I like stubborn girls the most, it''s much more satisfying conquering them. "Let''s see how long can you continue being stubborn like this." After that, I push in my finger and pull out, my other hand doesn''t relax either as it keeps circling around her pussy, time and time again it would ''accidentally'' touches her clitoris. Determined to get my revenge, I continue this for almost thirty minutes, always pulling out just seconds before she climax till'' she couldn''t take it anymore and mutters weakly. "I-I... I want your thing." My eyebrow lifts slightly as I stroke her lower lips while feigning ignorance. "Thing ? What thing ?" Gritting her teeth, Void Cat growls but seeing my ''innocence'' face, she knows I won''t give up until she say it and yells angrily. "Cock ! I want your cock, okay ! I didn''t know you''re such a sadist..." Smiling, I kiss her forehead, saying. "Good girl !" And finally give her what she wants. Slowly, I push my cock deep into her pussy but meet a small resistance, surprised, I look at Void Cat and ask, almost screaming. "Void Cat, you''re a fucking virgin !!?" Instead of an answer, what I get is her turning her head away, not wanting to look at me. Now that you think about it, Void Cat is only about seventeen-eighteen years old in appearance, she''s not that old, maybe even younger than me. "Natalie Norman" Muttered Void Cat, I look at her weirdly for a second and suddenly have an insight. "My name is Natalie Norman, stop calling me using that nickname." Chuckling to myself, I''m surprised of how romantic this cat truly is and reply. "Ren, I''m Yamamoto Ren. People call me Arcane Master or Arcane for short, but you can call me Ren." With that, I take off the handcuff. As I sit down on the toilet, Natalie pulls herself up and slowly squats down on my still swelling cock. To be honest after thirty minutes of playing around with Natalie''s body, I''m also at my limit, I''m not sure if I can continue with the foreplay anymore. And so both of us graduated from being a virgin - Well, technically my virginity was taken by my left hand, but you get the point ! - With her arms around my neck, Natalie moves up and down rapidly, at first her expression was a painful but that soon turns into ecstatic and lust. Being a virgin just a few minutes ago, Natalie''s pussy is unbelievably tight, everytime she moves I feel like my cock is being squeeze by a invisible, warm and moist hand. It''s a heavenly feeling that I just can''t get enough of. As she moves her body up and down in high speed, juices keep flowing out of her pussy, wetting the floor. After awhile of letting Natalie goes solo, I grab her ass and move along with her. This makes feel it even more as she starts letting out moans and cat-like sounds. We fuck for one hours straight until Natalie can no longer keep up with me She squirts out a huge load of juices. Finding no reason to hold on anymore, I pull out my cockand release everthing in her mouth. She quickly closes her mouth and despite the taste - Semen doesn''t taste good as I have heard - She still drinks it all. Our sticky bodies fall down stimultaneously, leaning against each other and I couldn''t help but say. "That was awesome... But we really need to move, after all there''s a terrorist group to deal with." Natalie nods her head once, looks at me then ask the million-dollar-question. "Do you want to... You know, do more of this stuff with me ?" I almost spurt out the non-exist water in my mouth as I look back at her in shock. "Are you serious ?" She looks at me with sad, cat eyes. "Do you not want to do it with me anymore ?" Ugh... Now I feel like an asshole. "No! Doing it with such a beautiful woman is my pleasure... But, what are we ? And what are you doing in my school ? Are you a student ?" I ask. "We are lovers of course, but don''t worry, I''m not the jealous type, you can go out with other girls too, if you want. As for your other question, yes, I''m a student. Class B eleventh grade and also the current president of the student council." Really ? You''re the president ? I''m surprised the student council hasn''t fallen apart yet. After introducing ourselves, we wear our clothes and walk out, the atmostphere is quite awkward because of what happened, but we don''t let it get to our heads and move out, running towards the roof. Let''s end this quickly... I still have a MILF waiting for me downstairs. [Arc 1] C.3 : Valjean The Immortal POV : Yamamoto Ren (Arcane Master) "Behind you !" Hearing Natalie shout, I instinctively punch back. My elbow lands perfectly on the terrorist''s nose, crushing it with terrifying force. In pain, the guy falls down while clutching his broken nose, issuing muffled curses. His chain of verbal insults is, however, cut short by Natalie as her shuriken finds its way deep into the terrorist''s throat. Eyes widened, the guy touches his throat as if to confirm something and falls backwards like a stringless puppet. I take glance at the surrounding, littered around us are corpses of ten terrorists. Even in death, these bastards still glare at us using their soulless haunting eyes, but this doesn''t have much effect on us as both me and Natalie have killed far more today. It is to the point where we can casually flirt while slaughtering terrorists left and right. Even I must admit this is kinda fun. Watching your preys scream in terror as they run for their lives, begging you to let them go is surprisingly... Adictive. Shaking my head, I shudder at the thoughts. Despite knowing I shouldn''t have this kind of mindset, the instinct inside is too strong ! It keeps on whispering in my ears, guiding me towards what it calls ''the only option'', murder. This isn''t the first time I killed someone, so why now ? Just what is happening to me ? I-I... "Are you alright, darlin'' ?" Natalie voice breaks off the dark train of thoughts, pulling me back to reality. I look at her, rubbing my head, then smile tiredly and answer. "It''s nothing..." What a joke, even I don''t believe such a cheap lie, not to mention a sharp woman like Natalie. But despite my half-hearted answer, Natalie surprisingly stops asking. We walk in awkward silence for a few minutes when she suddenly turns back, her fragrance assaults my nostrils as she kisses me. "You, darlin'', are the one I''ve chosen to give my virginity to, and despite how I look or act, my virginity was actually very valuable to me..." She stops midway, looking at me in the eyes, that sad smile and the tears at the corner of her eyes make me feel like an asshole. "... And I gave it to you, because I''m helplessly in love with you, Ren, whether you know it or not. I''ve been for a long time and I just wanted you to know that I''m always here with you for as long as you need me. Okay ?" I nod, feeling thankful towards Natalie, but also cursing myself for not noticing her feelings sooner. "So, want to tell me what''s weighing down on your mind, Ren ?" After a minute of hesitating, I answer. "It''s killing... Don''t be mistaken, I''m not like those old school heroes, who absolutely despise killing, but I''ve also never taken joy in taking lives either. Yet now, I feel excited watching they run away from me, begging me for their lives... A-Am I going crazy, Natalie ?" It''s true, I''ve never enjoyed killing, in fact this is the second time I''m forced to kill someone. That''s something I only do when there is no other option left, yet I feel thrilled, excited even, when I''m reaping countless lives today, the terrorists are bad, yes. But did I really need to wipe every single one of them out ? I doubt it. And with every kill, I can literally picture myself gradually slipping further into that eternal darkness as the evil part in me feed on those emotions, growing stronger with time. To be honest, I feel like the ''me'' now will cease to exist if that ''thing'' is fed enough, and the thoughts terrifies me. "No, Ren ! Look at me." Natalie says. "You''re not going crazy. Having people lives in your hands makes you forget about the problems you need to face in real life, it makes you feel powerful, superior. Everyone, villain or hero, has this problem, even me. What truly matters is how you deal with it. You can either go along with your feelings or fight back against it, but whatever your choice may be, please know you''ll always have my full support." She squeezes my hand. I stay silent, deep in thoughts, then nod my head and kiss her, saying. "Let''s go, we have spent too much time on this." The two of us have beentaking out the patrol teams for almost three hours, the reason is simple, we don''t want to be stabbed behind our back when we are fighting on the roof. Beside, we saw some terrorists trying to rape a girl awhile back so we want to handle them first before anything like that can happen. This is already the last group so we will be going up and take out the last of them. I doubt it will be easy considering those on the roof are basically the boss of this map, but we will improvise somehow. Yeah, I know I know. Brainwash and all, but there''s a way to brainwash people, there must be a way to turn them back, while things like virginity can''t be taken back if lost so we put our priority on other schoolmates. Almost everyone in the school is freed already, there are only those who were called up on the roof from before so we need not to worry. The others are staying still in their classes because I told them to do so, apparently being a celebrity in school makes people trust me much more easily, the fact that Natalie in her Void Cat identity is here also helped quite alot. Of course, some people also tried to come with us, but they quickly gave up after we convinced them - Fighting is hard enough, I don''t want to babysit at the same time. As for the guards of our school, they are being kept at the school yard and the place is infested with terrorists, going there now is basically suicide so we ignore it for the time being. After we get our abilities back, those can be easily taken care of anyway. "So, are you ready, Cat ?" I ask, turning to Natalie. The girl smiles mischievously and replies. "I''ve never been more ready." "Then let''s go kick some asses together." .......... POV : Narrator Valjean Eckert used to be a normal business man, he had a small family of three, him, his wife and his daughter. They weren''t rich by all mean, but they were a happy little family. It was the day of his daughter ten birthday, they had just watched a movie together and were going to the mall to buy her what she wanted. The first few hours were normal enough, that, however, all changed when a upstart villain tried to blow up the mall. Everyone was scared out of their wits, until a man with white wings suddenly came, smashing down on the villain. That man was Archangel, the number one hero in Paris. Needless to say, the two fought, leaving a long trail of destruction in their wakes. But it was all good, there wasn''t any casualty at least. It was only when he was conered, the villain started to release more power than he should. The guy''s ability was to create a sphere of energy ball and anything that touches that ball will blow up. Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. Such a ability when lost control can destroy half of the city. Forced, Archangel chose to sacrifice the people left inside the mall. Unfortunately for Valjean, his daughter got lost while they were trying to get out. The desperate father begged for Archangel to lower his energy shield, but the hero refused, saying he can''t put million of people in danger just to save one. The result was the mall blew up with Valjean''s daughter still in there. Under that terrifying force, the mall collapsed, completely destroyed, leaving nothing behind, not even scrap metal. Devestated by their daughter''s death, his wife buried herself in alcohol and they soon divorced. And so in four long years, Valjean lost his wife, he lost his job, from a sucessful man, Valjean turned into a man who had nothing. He was about to kill himself when the Anti-Powered group came to him, they said they understand how he feels and asked him to join them. Valjean, drowned in grief at the time, immediately accepted their offer. From then on he had killed all kind of people, but now he was hesitating. This place, although full of ability-users, it was also a school where many normal young people go to. The Anti-Powered policy said they can''t kill or hurt normal people, yet he still saw his fellows people raping others, completely normal girls. It made he think is it really a good idea to join the Anti-Powed ? Did those girls really deserve this ? Most of all, did all ability-users really deserve death like he had always thought ? Most of them were young kids, probably his daughter age if she was still alive. "Should I really be doing this ?" He asked himself, looking at the group of laughing people before him. Confused, the man left his post, not that he was really needed there anyway. Taking out a dusty cigeratte in his pocket, Valjean stood leaning against the wall. Once in awhile he would take a deep breath to calm himself down. Shaking those thoughts out of his head. That''s right ! It''s because of these bastards that his daughter died such a violent death. If they hadn''t existed, his daughter would still be alive and well, he would probably be celebrating her birthday with his wife by now. Thinking about his daughter, Valjean eyes reddened as he took her picture out from his pocket. In the picture, a little girl about nine years old, blonde hair and blue eyes was standing in front of a white wooden swing. Her had this beautiful smile on her face that seemed to brighten Valjean''s world. That loving expression on Valjean''s face soon turned into determination and hatred as he glared at thin air. "That''s right... They deserve to die ! ALL of them." Valjean spat out the words viciously, grinding his teeth. Anyone could tell from the look on his face that he''s seething with anger at the moment. Suddenly, loud music was turned on by the lousy bunch of terrorists. They were enjoying themselves as much as possible because they all knew, even thought this was a great plan, casualty is inevitable. Some of them will definitely die whether they like it or not. "Lousy bastards..." Valjean glared then walked towards the door leading to the roof, it was hidden behind the walls andthe sounds were less loud over there. What he didn''t expect was to meet two intruders. Before Valjean could start screaming, the woman in the black nano bodysuit with cat ears threw the crowbar in her hands at him. It struck him in the head and Valjean stumbled backwards awkwardly, holding his bleeding head. The other guy who was in a nano bodysuit, probably taken from one of Valjean''s fellow, walked over, he kicked Valjean in the gut when Valjean was about to stand up and pulled him near the door. Staring at the two, Valjean gritted his teeth and demanded in his French accent. "Kill me..." The two looked confused for a moment, then the man asked. "What ?" Valjean asnwered, almost screaming, but the bunch of idiots right next them were too damned occupied by the music and, unfortunately, didn''t hear him. "I said KILL me !!!" The man brought the gun in his head, putting it against Valjean''s head, but didn''t pull the trigger. "... No" He said simply and pulled the gun away. "I can''t do it, Cat. The voices are talking again." He mumbled with cracking voice. "Can''t do it ? Stop being a hypocrite ! All of you freaks are muderer !" Valjean snarled. This earned him an angry look from the woman, but it didn''t scare him and he screamed loudly. "THEY''RE HEREEE!!!" That was definitely heard by his friends as they made a ruckus, putting on their gears and all. Although he succeeded in warning his friends, Valjean wasn''t able to enjoy his victory for long as this time he really did piss off the woman. She glared at him with ''you''re dead'' eyes and clawed his face with adamantium claws. Before his mouth could even widen into a smile, Valjean felt pain and his head splitted to six pieces. Yet despite all this, Valjean felt relieved and happy because he could finally be with his daughter once more in the garden of God. ''It''s been a long ride...'' Valjean thought in his head, but then realized he didn''t have a head anymore. This, however, startled him. It made him more confused and scared rather than happy. "How am I still alive ?" He asked, looking at his almost transparent hands. Then he looked up, seeing the two intruders ran away, taking cover behind a walls as his friends rained bullets while cursing, all kind of foul language were being thrown around all over the place. Yet despite the bullets penetrating both his physical and astral forms, Valjean could still think, which meant he was still alive. "What the fuck ?" Valjean yelled, but unfortunately for him, his voice reached no one other than thin air and God... May be the author and readers too ? .......... POV : Natalie Norman (Void Cat) "Ren ! Can you hear me !" I scream at Ren, trying to reach him, but he still looks really out of it. "Fuck ! Okay... Ren ! I need you here for me, okay ?" I asked again, slapping lightly at his face. Damnit. Just what''s happening to him right now ? We''re being attacked by over thirty heavily armed terrorists and *Puff* he zoned out just like that. "Please ! It''s me Natalie and I need you ! Answer me, Ren !" I plead, hopping for an answer, but get none. Fuck... Being one of the non-combat ability-users, I''ve to work the life out of me and train in all kind of martial arts, I''m proud of how good I''m at it, but being gunned down by thirty heavily armed man is still a little too much, even for the oh-so infamous Void Cat. Though I can still manage if I were alone, I''ve been in worst situation after all, but having Ren here changed everything. I can''t protect him and fight at the same time. "Fuck this ! If I die then so be it !" I grumble and yank the ability-disruptor gun out of Ren''s hands. "Gun blazing time !" I say, give Ren a deep kiss and peek out of our cover, raining hell upon the terrorists.